Gauze-bandage roll.



P. S. BAUER. GAUZE BANDAGE ROLL.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14, 1913.

Patent0d Aug. 19, 1913.

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Specification of Letters intent.

Patented Aug. 19,1913.

useful Improvements 1n Gauze-Band e Rolls, of which the following is a speci cation.

This invention relates in general to bandages such as are customarily used for surgical purposes and as more particular reference to the preservation .of' the bandage in sanit ry and sterilized ondition until us.

The primary objects of the invention are to provide a bandage package which will. seal the bandages from the air until used, which will prevent the bandages from becoming accidentally unwound andwill free the1 edges of the bandages from loose thread on S of thread at their edges which may adhere to and remain in a Wound when the band-- age is removed therefrom, Varwu means have been employed prior to my present ins vention to remove these ravelings from the bandages before they were packaged for market, but the satisfactory aGGOmpliSh* viating the necessity of removing hem b fore the bandages are packaged.

. My invention is also designed to revent a bandage roll from becoming acci entally unwound in case it should slip out of the users hands or be dropped on the floor.

Referring to the accompanying drawings from which, when considered in connection with the following description, the invention will be readily understoodFigure 1 is a side view of a bandage roll embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is an end view of the same; Fig. 3 is a pore ective view showing the wrapping artia ly removed; Fig. 4 is a longitudina sectional view through the bandage roll shown in Figs. 1 and 2; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a artially unwound roll; Fi 6 is a view simi ar to Fig. 4 showing anot er manner of sealing the wrapper;

An objectionable feature of gauze hand- 1 ages is the presence of ravelings or lengths Fig. 7 v ntion.

On the drawings reference character 10 designates a bandage of gauze, or other suitable material, rolled into the compact cylindrical form in which it is customarily marketed Heretofore it has been necessary to cross-cart the ends of such rolls in a plual'ity f directions and to then subject the ends to the action of a brush or abrading device before the wrappers were applied for the purpose of removing the ravelings and 10056 hread ends therefrom. Even this tedious and expensive procedure, however, failed to remove all of the loose threads and some still remained attached to the edges f the bandage to become embedded in and irrit te he wound to which the bandage might be appl ed..-

In accordance with my present invention shows a modified form of my inthe ends of the rollsare cross-cut only once,

extends only as indicated at 11 and this out from the center to the periphery of each r ll. In some instances it may not be necessary to cut the ends at all, but I have found that he e t results are secured when a Slight 61111 is made as shown in the drawings. then paste 1111011 each end of the roll a i k 12 of any suitable material, paper being well adapted for the purpose. These disks are attached to the edges of the rolled up bandage or, in other words, to the ends of the roll by means of any suitable adhesive so that they cling firmly thereto. The package is then sealed by rolling the same in a sheet of paper or other suitable material 13, the free end of which is preferably pasted down to efi'ectually seal the roll. In actual practice the Wrapper 13 is usually applied first and the end disks 12 are applied subseqnently, so that the edges of the disks are secured to the edges of the wrapper 13 by the adhesive, thereby eflectually'sealing the package as shown in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive. To facilitate opening the package, a cord 14 may be positioned beneath one disk 12 and the wrapper 13 as shown, leaving one end protruding which may be pulled to tear the wrapper 13 when it is desired to open the package.

The adhesive which secures the disks 12 to the ends of the roll adheres to the ravelings and free thread lengths at the edges of the banda e so that when the bandage is unwound t ese ravelings and thread lengths will be freed from the bandage and remain attached to the disks as shown in Fig. 5, thereby relieving the bandage of these objectionable thread lengths as the bandage is unwound and without additionallabor. in order that the disks may be freed from the bandage when the roll is practically exhausted, I prefer leaving a space 15 in the centers of the disks 12 free from adhesive, so

the adhesive on the disks 12 will not come in contact with the center of the bandage roll. Since the disks 12 are usually made of oiled paper, or other semi-transparent material,

these wafers may carry a trade-mark or other symbol which will be visible through the end disks.

In Fig. 6 I have shown end disks 17 larger in diameter than the roll 10 so that the edges 18 may be turned down over the edges of the wrapper 13 to effectually seal the package and maintainthe same in antiseptic condition. In Fig. 7 I have shown a slightly difierent construction in which strips 19 are pasted over the ends of the roll in lieu of the disks 12. These strips will serve to remove the ravelings and free thread ends when the roll is unwound the same as the disks 12, but will not, of course, seal the ends of the roll. An additional wrapping may, however, be applied over the ends, if desired, which can be removed with the wrapper 13 when the roll is to be used as for example the disk 17 shown in-F'ig. 6 could be used, in which event it' would not be necessary to paste it to the end of the roll.

The adhesive which secures the end disks 12, or the strips 19 to the ends of the roll, will prevent the bandage from becoming acmatically free the bandage from free thread ends during unwinding of the roll and will, also,prevent the roll from being accidentally unwound. Furthermore, the end disks serve to seal the ends of the roll and protect the edges of the bandage until the roll is practically exhausted.

I claim:

1. A gauze bandage roll having a sheet of suitable material aiiixed to the edge of the bandage forming the roll thro ghout the" length of said edge whereby the 911 is prevented from being accidentally unwound.

- 2. A. gauze bandage roll having means affixed thereto to free the edges of the bandage from ravelings and prevent accidental unwinding of the roll while the roll is in use.

3. A gauze bandage roll having means secured to the ends thereof to free the edges of the bandage from ravelings when the roll is unwound.

4. A gauze bandage roll having a sheet of paper secured by an adhesive to an end thereof whereby the loose threads are removed from the edges of the bandage as the roll is unwound.

5. A gauze bandage roll having a sheet of paper secured by an adhesive to each end of the roll, the adhesive being omitted at the center of the roll to permit the sheets to drop ofi when the roll is practically unwound.

PERRY S. BAUER.

Witnesses:

C. H. HOGLEN, Gr. LEUKHARDT. 

